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I'm on the main page for Surf's Up now and I have Surf's Up running in Google Chrome. Or you may also find it online at https://www.freedomscientific.com/SurfsUp/_Surfs_Up_Start_Here.htm. The opening page of Surf's Up has lots of good information! I'm going to press CTRL+HOME.
(JAWS) Surf's Up! Surfing the Internet with JAWS.
(N) There is a group of links in the left column that go to a variety of topics with step-by-step lessons, including:
In addition, you'll find instructions for downloading and installing the three main browsers we use for training, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and the new chromium-based Microsoft Edge. I'm going to press H, Hotel, to move by headings on the page.
(J) Surfing the Internet with JAWS! heading level 1, Surf’s up! Let’s See Where JAWS Can Take Us: heading level 2.
(N) There's the heading at the beginning of the links in the left column for all the different lessons.
(J) Getting Started with Surf’s Up, heading level 2, Install Google Chrome, heading level 3, Install Mozilla Firefox, heading level 3, Install Microsoft Edge, heading level 3.
(N) There are the instructions and links for installing the three browsers I mentioned earlier.
(J) JAWS Help Keystrokes, heading level 3, Tabbed Browsing, heading level 3, The JAWS Key, heading level 3, Access Keys to Navigate by Page Forward or Backward in Surf’s Up, heading level 3. Using Surf's Up on a Local Computer, heading level 3.
(N) So, those are the remaining headings on the Surf's Up opening page. If you press TAB here, you'll find the link for the ZIP file to download Surf's Up.
(J) Link Surf's Up Zip file download.
(N) The prior heading for using access keys to navigate in Surf's Up is one that I want to demonstrate now. I'm going to press the key combination ALT+N, November, which will activate the "Next" link at the bottom of the page.
(J) ALT+N, Introduction to Browsing the Web, page has 2 regions, 1 heading and 3 links.
(N) Nice! The "Next" link was activated, and the Introduction to Browsing the Web web page has opened. I will press ALT+N, November, once more.
(J) ALT+N, Web Page Elements, page has 2 regions, 2 headings and 3 links.
(N) I will use the keystroke combination ALT+B, Bravo, a couple of times to move back to the main Surf's Up page.
(J) ALT+B, Introduction to Browsing the Web, ALT+B, Surf's Up! Surfing the Internet with JAWS, page has 3 regions, 11 headings and 27 links.
(N) That's a great way to move forward and backward one page at a time while practicing in Surf's Up.